Jackson Pollock

Abstract art has no rules. American painter Jackson Pollock created art very different in style and technique from Mondrian.

Mondrian painting

Jackson pollock painting

Whereas Mondrian’s paintings have carefully designed straight lines, Pollock’s was the opposite. He created his paintings without any brush strokes. Pollock would splash, dribble, or even throw paint onto his canvases.

His painting style came to be known as Action Painting, and it was indeed a very active process.

No. 5 by Pollock 1948

One of Pollock’s paintings, No. 5, sold in 2006 for $140 million.

Preparing to hang a Pollock painting in MoMa

Pollock painting on display in MoMa

Pollock also has many paintings on display in MoMa, the museum of modern Art in New York City.